Wilhelm is a rare spelling. It is summarised with William, which shares its sound and spelling pattern.
Meaning not yet researched.
Wilhelm: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 26 in 2025. Its best rank was #833 in 1885.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #833 in 1885; #4,133 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Wilhelm in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#4,133 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1885, at #833.
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Wilhelm: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 26 boys in 2025. Peak: #833 in 1885 · most boys in one year: 38 (2014).
In 2025, 26 US boys were named Wilhelm, making it the 4,133rd most common boys’ name of the year, up 183 places from #4,316 in 2024. That is 1 more than the 25 boys named Wilhelm in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #833, reached in 1885. The most boys given the name in a single year was 38, in 2014. For comparison, it was #4,701 in 2015 and #2,765 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Wilhelm in 132 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1880 with 6 babies. In all, 1,828 US babies have been given the name, all of them boys. Its busiest decade was the 2010s, with 233 babies named Wilhelm.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 242 US boys were named Wilhelm; the busiest of those years was 2022, with 33. In 2025 that was about 1 in 65,695 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Related spellings in the SSA files include William (4,215,725 babies since 1880), Bill (161,190 babies since 1880), Will (46,610 babies since 1880) and Guillermo (32,148 babies since 1880). The open nickname list we use links it to Wil and Willie.
Meaning not yet researched.
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Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0).
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 26 | #4,133 |
| 2024 | — | — | 25 | #4,316 |
| 2023 | — | — | 18 | #5,456 |
| 2022 | — | — | 33 | #3,530 |
| 2021 | — | — | 25 | #4,234 |
| 2020 | — | — | 26 | #4,013 |
| 2019 | — | — | 12 | #7,146 |
| 2018 | — | — | 29 | #3,788 |
| 2017 | — | — | 24 | #4,323 |
| 2016 | — | — | 24 | #4,318 |
| 2015 | — | — | 21 | #4,701 |
| 2014 | — | — | 38 | #3,035 |
| 2013 | — | — | 19 | #4,968 |
| 2012 | — | — | 24 | #4,241 |
| 2011 | — | — | 16 | #5,664 |
| 2010 | — | — | 26 | #3,989 |
| 2009 | — | — | 20 | #4,912 |
| 2008 | — | — | 20 | #4,893 |
| 2007 | — | — | 22 | #4,483 |
| 2006 | — | — | 17 | #5,294 |
| 2005 | — | — | 24 | #3,938 |
| 2004 | — | — | 21 | #4,259 |
| 2003 | — | — | 25 | #3,622 |
| 2002 | — | — | 22 | #3,903 |
| 2001 | — | — | 21 | #3,967 |
| 2000 | — | — | 13 | #5,569 |
| 1999 | — | — | 18 | #4,158 |
| 1998 | — | — | 13 | #5,154 |
| 1997 | — | — | 12 | #5,276 |
| 1996 | — | — | 9 | #6,483 |
| 1995 | — | — | 10 | #5,911 |
| 1994 | — | — | 13 | #4,792 |
| 1993 | — | — | 11 | #5,345 |
| 1992 | — | — | 12 | #4,857 |
| 1991 | — | — | 14 | #4,220 |
| 1990 | — | — | 13 | #4,397 |
| 1989 | — | — | 9 | #5,593 |
| 1988 | — | — | 16 | #3,344 |
| 1987 | — | — | 15 | #3,334 |
| 1986 | — | — | 9 | #4,838 |
| 1985 | — | — | 15 | #3,214 |
| 1984 | — | — | 11 | #3,918 |
| 1983 | — | — | 7 | #5,465 |
| 1982 | — | — | 21 | #2,425 |
| 1981 | — | — | 9 | #4,490 |
| 1980 | — | — | 11 | #3,834 |
| 1979 | — | — | 5 | #7,048 |
| 1978 | — | — | 11 | #3,611 |
| 1977 | — | — | 11 | #3,598 |
| 1976 | — | — | 9 | #4,002 |
| 1975 | — | — | 10 | #3,656 |
| 1974 | — | — | 9 | #3,829 |
| 1973 | — | — | 15 | #2,604 |
| 1972 | — | — | 14 | #2,655 |
| 1971 | — | — | 14 | #2,681 |
| 1970 | — | — | 26 | #1,741 |
| 1969 | — | — | 16 | #2,215 |
| 1968 | — | — | 15 | #2,195 |
| 1967 | — | — | 16 | #2,028 |
| 1966 | — | — | 10 | #2,776 |
| 1965 | — | — | 16 | #2,081 |
| 1964 | — | — | 18 | #1,973 |
| 1963 | — | — | 25 | #1,626 |
| 1962 | — | — | 19 | #1,895 |
| 1961 | — | — | 13 | #2,406 |
| 1960 | — | — | 19 | #1,909 |
| 1959 | — | — | 12 | #2,526 |
| 1958 | — | — | 16 | #2,089 |
| 1957 | — | — | 12 | #2,490 |
| 1956 | — | — | 12 | #2,493 |
| 1955 | — | — | 12 | #2,430 |
| 1954 | — | — | 12 | #2,442 |
| 1953 | — | — | 6 | #3,786 |
| 1952 | — | — | 17 | #1,936 |
| 1951 | — | — | 5 | #4,241 |
| 1950 | — | — | 9 | #2,765 |
| 1949 | — | — | 7 | #3,292 |
| 1947 | — | — | 10 | #2,664 |
| 1945 | — | — | 7 | #2,989 |
| 1944 | — | — | 6 | #3,420 |
| 1943 | — | — | 9 | #2,729 |
| 1942 | — | — | 6 | #3,553 |
| 1941 | — | — | 7 | #3,126 |
| 1940 | — | — | 15 | #1,891 |
| 1939 | — | — | 10 | #2,445 |
| 1938 | — | — | 8 | #2,858 |
| 1937 | — | — | 7 | #3,167 |
| 1936 | — | — | 13 | #2,059 |
| 1935 | — | — | 8 | #2,940 |
| 1934 | — | — | 12 | #2,262 |
| 1933 | — | — | 10 | #2,538 |
| 1932 | — | — | 17 | #1,846 |
| 1931 | — | — | 10 | #2,647 |
| 1930 | — | — | 14 | #2,175 |
| 1929 | — | — | 15 | #2,094 |
| 1928 | — | — | 10 | #2,839 |
| 1927 | — | — | 13 | #2,402 |
| 1926 | — | — | 7 | #3,698 |
| 1925 | — | — | 13 | #2,429 |
| 1924 | — | — | 12 | #2,637 |
| 1923 | — | — | 12 | #2,610 |
| 1922 | — | — | 7 | #3,859 |
| 1921 | — | — | 17 | #2,056 |
| 1920 | — | — | 16 | #2,127 |
| 1919 | — | — | 15 | #2,148 |
| 1918 | — | — | 17 | #1,996 |
| 1917 | — | — | 26 | #1,394 |
| 1916 | — | — | 35 | #1,118 |
| 1915 | — | — | 21 | #1,551 |
| 1914 | — | — | 26 | #1,152 |
| 1913 | — | — | 18 | #1,249 |
| 1912 | — | — | 11 | #1,616 |
| 1911 | — | — | 6 | #1,735 |
| 1910 | — | — | 8 | #1,309 |
| 1909 | — | — | 7 | #1,271 |
| 1908 | — | — | 5 | #1,580 |
| 1906 | — | — | 6 | #1,244 |
| 1904 | — | — | 6 | #1,199 |
| 1902 | — | — | 8 | #930 |
| 1900 | — | — | 5 | #1,503 |
| 1899 | — | — | 5 | #1,197 |
| 1895 | — | — | 5 | #1,239 |
| 1894 | — | — | 6 | #1,069 |
| 1892 | — | — | 5 | #1,251 |
| 1890 | — | — | 5 | #1,158 |
| 1889 | — | — | 5 | #1,109 |
| 1887 | — | — | 5 | #1,065 |
| 1885 | — | — | 7 | #833 |
| 1884 | — | — | 6 | #969 |
| 1883 | — | — | 6 | #886 |
| 1882 | — | — | 6 | #940 |
| 1880 | — | — | 6 | #905 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).